The Fall of Harvey Weinstein

[Strollen]

@rowe33

I’m not saying all defense lawyers are scum. But this one certainly is. She’s a shitty person. I don’t understand why anyone would defend her.

If you are a defense lawyer, 90%+ of your clients are criminals. If you are successful defense lawyer, like she is, many of your clients are going to have done worse things than Harvey, murders, gang rapes, human trafficking, leaders of gangs and drug cartels.

As she said in her Interview with Judy, they couldn’t find any jurors that didn’t have knowledge and negative opinion of Weinstein. She has more trials ahead of her, so her job is to influence potential future jurors. Maybe her comments, backfire maybe they don’t.

[rowe33]

Well no matter where her future legal career takes her, at least she’ll be safe from rape. Lucky her.

[Scuzz]

@playingwithknives

Im just as surprised Americans think highly of lawyers as a profession as some of you are defending her.

Lawyers always suck until you need one. Then you want the best you can afford. That is how the legal system works, pretty much everywhere.

[Scuzz]

@rrmorton

There’s also a distinction to be made between what she says in the courtroom and what she says to the press. I’m not sure I get the ‘influencing the jury’ thing with those remarks.

The court of public opinion. The jury pool is made up of those people. So lawyers say what they think they can to influence the broad base in order to influence the later smaller one.

[Woolen_Horde]

In a bit of bright news, Harvey gets 23 years. That’s a life sentence for him.

[Nesrie]

That is good news. That man can rot.

[kerzain]

What a waste of talent. He had so much potential.

[BennyProfane]

Thanks, I needed a good laugh today.

[Guap]

Have fun in prison, Harv.

[BennyProfane]

I went through the list of movies he has produced, and I don’t see a single “breaking out of prison” movie in the list, so I guess he’s screwed.

[Guap]

Ha ha. Harvey in prison:

“Quick, send me some jailbreak scripts!”

[Menzo]

Exactly what you’d expect from him.

Here's what Harvey Weinstein said in court before his 23-year sentence

[scottagibson]

Yeah, that guy is totally remorseful about all the things he didn’t do.

[Woolen_Horde]

The media doesn’t talk about the days that he didn’t rape a woman!

[Menzo]

Thoughts and prayers.

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[kerzain]

It would seem cruel and unusual to keep a man so sickly confined to a box for the rest of his life. Perhaps some thought should be given to confining him at home where he can get the best care.

As a wise man once said, “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.”

[Menzo]

@kerzain

As a wise man once said, “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.”

To classify Harvey Weinstein as “vulnerable” is disgusting. How much care did he give to the women he assaulted?

[BennyProfane]

@kerzain

It would seem cruel and unusual to keep a man so sickly confined to a box for the rest of his life. Perhaps some thought should be given to confining him at home where he can get the best care.

As a wise man once said, “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.”

Or they could just put him down like a mad dog.

Did you read that pre-sentencing statement?

(or am I missing your sarcasm?)

[Telefrog]

@kerzain is a master at this.

[playingwithknives]

I hope he doesnt die too quickly. He really needs to spend a few decades in prison. Perhaps he can die the day before his parole hearing.

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